Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal by Conor Grennan

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Adventure story, suspense story, love story, and throw in some travel, humor and photos too, all in one great book.
Little Princes is the true story of how an average twenty-something-year-old guy became caught up in saving the lost children of Nepal.
Conor Grennan took a break from his job to go on a year-long, globe-trotting adventure. But first to legitimize this self-indulgent trip, he decided to spend the first three months volunteering in Godawari, Nepal. Feeling inadequate at first, he was not sure he had the ability to survive in this war torn remote land. Grennan got to know the energetic and resilient children he worked with at the Little Princes Children’s Home, and realized that many of the children weren’t orphans at all, but rather the victims of unscrupulous con men.
Child traffickers tricked rural villagers into thinking they were paying to have their children taken to safety. But instead the children found themselves abandoned to live — or die — on the streets while the traffickers pocketed the money.
Grennan knew he had to find a way to reunite these children with their parents. And so he started his adventure.
A truly moving account of how one person can make a difference even in the face of seemingly impossible odds.




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